Protecting and Promoting Writers’ Rights

On screen, on stage, on air

Protecting and Promoting Writers’ Rights

On screen, on stage, on air

Protecting and Promoting Writers’ Rights

On screen, on stage, on air

Protecting and Promoting Writers’ Rights

On screen, on stage, on air

Protecting and Promoting Writers’ Rights

On screen, on stage, on air

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Events

VIC

VIC: Christmas in July

With Melbourne winter now in full force, come warm yourself with the camaraderie of your fellow writers at our first ever Christmas In July party, and celebrate reaching the midpoint of the year! A purely social event, there will be lots of tasty nibbles provided, drinks and cocktails (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) available at very reasonable prices,…
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Lunch Break: Slate Management & Development Budgeting

It is the job of a Development Executive and Development Producer to know how to spot a great script or book that can become a successful film or TV show. They nurture relationships with talent, including writers and directors. They shepherd projects from inception through development and into production, managing the creative process while keeping…

News


2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards shortlist announced

A shortlist of eight outstanding writers has been chosen from hundreds of entries in the 2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards  Eight emerging writers and their exciting unproduced projects have been shortlisted for the 2025 Emerging Writers’ Awards. Represented on the shortlist are gripping feature films, dramatic and comedic television pilots and a nail-biting short thriller. These eight…

Nine scripts and their writers shortlisted for the 2025 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing 

Congratulations to the nine sci-fi writers who have been shortlisted from hundreds of entrants in the 2025 John Hinde Award. The shortlist – which covers entries across the produced and unproduced categories – includes seven feature films and two episodes of children’s television series Rock Island Mysteries.  The winning writers will be announced at an industry…

Australian Screen Industry urges Productivity Commission to crack down on theft of creative works for AI

The theft of thousands of creative workers’ intellectual property by AI companies is unacceptable, say creatives of the Australian screen industry, urging the Government to come down hard on the ongoing and widespread use of stolen and uncompensated work by AI developers. Responding to the Productivity Commission’s consultation on policy reform, the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting…

Writers’ entitlement to superannuation

Writers who are engaged by production companies to write scripts are entitled to superannuation under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) (the Act).  Section 12(3) of the Act states that if a person works under a contract that is “wholly or principally for the labour of the person” then that person is an employee of the other…

Image credits

Poor Things, by Tony McNamara, photograph: Searchlight Pictures. Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller, photograph: Helen Murray. Gordon (Patrick Brammall) and Ash (Harriet Dyer) in Colin from Accounts Season 2, photograph: Joel Pratley/Easy Tiger Productions/Binge/CBS/Screen NSW. Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, by Summerfall Studio. Little J and Big Cuz, image provided by Ned Lander.